Plant Developmental Biology

Author: Bai Shunong (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: For a long time, people have not had a clear answer to fundamental questions such as what the core processes of plant development are and whether there are inherent connections between various plant developmental phenomena that appear in significant temporal and spatial gaps. Based on the author's research and reflections on plant developmental phenomena, this book attempts to identify the core processes of plant development by comparing the characteristics of life cycle completion in different plant groups. Taking this as the main thread, it introduces the morphogenetic events and their regulatory mechanisms that occur during the completion of plant life cycles, revealing the completeness, continuity, and programmed nature of the core processes of plant development. The author strives to maintain academic rigor while also ensuring readability. It is believed that anyone who has studied botany or plant biology can become a reader of this book—either as a textbook or as a reference—by skipping the more complex genetic symbols and mechanisms. It can also serve as a leisurely book for plant enthusiasts to broaden their horizons. The perspective on observing plants proposed in this book differs from the traditional perspective that most people are accustomed to. If readers carefully compare the two perspectives, they will undoubtedly find that phenomena and their interpretations in scientific research are fundamentally different, and that many phenomena in the world can be interpreted in another way.